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I don’t have many friends, but the ones I do have mean everything to me.  Today is a special day also because it’s my oldest friend’s 27th birthday. 
So in honor of him, here’s today’s Musical Distraction: “Sound Check (Gravity)” by Gorillaz.  
Before he moved to TX this is one of the songs he and I used to play very loudly (when we [...]

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Today’s Musical Distraction actually comes from one of our readers – a financial whiz who flirted with McCain early on, but come election day plans to “take that next step” with Obama.
Mainly because he’s been crying himself to sleep at night over the market collapse and believes that Obama’s policy prescriptions, while not necessarily music to his free market-loving ears, are far more [...]

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It’s the song from the Watchmen trailer and it’s been in my head all week. I’ve literally been walking around the City mouthing the words:
“…Is it bright where you are?  Have the people changed? Does it make you happy you’re so strange?
And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame, we can watch the [...]

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Summer officially ended yesterday. Some of my best memories were being out in the desert with my friends, drunk and usually stumbling in and out of run down casinos.
One of our favorites was El Cortez in what’s known as “old Las Vegas.” We used to roll up playing this song in the car [...]

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I’ve been in a weird mood all today.

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“Big Willy” was good to Meaningful Distraction today, so to give some love back here’s your Musical Distraction for Monday, June 7, Summertime by Will Smith.
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This was a tough one today. I was seriously going back and forth between The Rolling Stones’ Wild Horses and Angie – since both songs would be fitting of major events from today:
(1) The U.S. Government getting in the horse slaughter business
and (2) the lovely Angelina Jolie finally going to the hospital to drop [...]

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In recognition of the awesome news that Lark brought you earlier, and because I think the idea that “sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink” is something we’ve all been able to relate to at some point, here is your Musical Distraction for Monday, June 30: Dead or Alive, by Bon [...]

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A friend of mine just introduced me to this band and they rock.

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The poppy exclamation mark addicted British seven piece goes on at 8pm. Check out the video of You! Me! Dancing!

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I have been digging this band for about a year now, but was listening to them this morning when they came up on my ipods shuffle and I fell in love with them all over again. I can’t find the mp3’s so below are two blankish YouTubes. Just listen. I promise you’ll [...]

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